Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Business

Jon the Saver at Free Money Wisdom presents Is Your Local Retailer Out to Get You?, saying “Does your local retailer deserve your business? You might want to be careful if you see some of the following signs present at a local business.”

Monique at Wallet Watcher presents How to Excel in This Economy: 15 Detailed Tips from a Successful Entrepreneur, saying “Gone are the days of old. Sure, ten years ago it made sense to go to college and start a family in your twenties, but these previously beneficial social norms have taken a turn for the detrimental. Most of us have caught on to the fact that some degrees are meaningless in this current economy, and the flawed debt to income ratio only pushes the decision for higher education further away.”

Career

Kevin at Invest It Wisely presents Getting Laid Off for the First Time: What I Learned from the Experience, saying “The first time I was laid off, I wondered what I was going to do for money. It wasn't even that great of a job, but it was paying the bills and I had made friends there. I felt like I had been punched in the face. However, I learned three important things:”

Teacher Man at My University Money presents The Monopoly On Education, saying “If you do not want to lay eyes on a somewhat cynical rant about the tyranny of post-secondary education monopolies then please avert your eyes.”

Briana at Stupid Cents presents 7 Other Careers Terrell Owens Should Consider, saying “Terrell Owens has not been picked up by any NFL teams this season. Although T.O. had a pretty successful career, he should consider another career.”

Debt and Credit

Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents Find the Money to Pay Down Debt , saying “Debt will make you feel overwhelmed. What do you do? You need to find the money to pay down debt. See this author’s story and choices she made to pay down debt.”

Mr. Money at Smart on Money presents What Are Some of the Reasons That You Overspend? Addressing the Root Causes of Our Debt, saying “Why do we overspend? It varies from person to person, and you need to think about why it may be happening for you. Once you've figured that out however, getting back on track is probably going to involve some pretty similar steps for everyone.”

Beating Broke at Beating Broke presents Are Banks Getting a Bad Rap?, saying “All told, there's a lot of anger aimed at the banks right now. But, is it all their fault? Or, are they getting a bad rap? Let's examine where all of this fee increase stuff is coming from.”

Economy

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Site presents Inflation on the Rise Again in September, saying “Inflation is going up, but the Bank of Canada is ignoring it for now.”

Extra Income

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents How To Build a Media Kit And Make A Killing With Private Advertisers, saying “Making money with your own media kit.”

Megan at Create Hype presents Harnessing Google Analytics by Meredith Keller, saying “Before reading Meredith’s book, Harnessing Google Analytics, Google Analytics represented the most confusing thing in the world that I knew I HAD to understand to truly propel my business into success.”

Frugality

Beck at Money Mum presents Waste Not, Want Not – A Guide to Using Leftover Food, saying “Being a resourceful cook means saving money by making the most of what you have in the fridge, so give it a go and you might surprise yourself.”

Emily at PT Money Personal Finance presents The Truth About Penny Auction Sites, saying “How penny auction websites work and the downside to them.”

Investing

Evan at My Journey to Millions presents What Are Preferred Shares? Do You Invest in Preferred Shares?, saying “I have dabbled in a lot of different types of investments, my most recent kick being my dividend investment portfolio, however, I have never really given thought to investing in preferred shares of stock.”

Investor Junkie at Investor Junkie presents TD Ameritrade Promotions – October 2011, saying “TD Ameritrade is currently offering two promotions. See our previous TD Ameritrade review, for more information about the discount brokerage firm.”

Lazy Man at Lazy Man and Money presents A Sucker Punch of Personal Finance to America, saying “In the last 24 hours I’ve had three experiences drastically change how I feel about personal finance in America. . .I’m cautiously optimistic that America seems to be getting it.”

Mich at BeatingTheIndex presents Investing in Oil: 5 Junior Oil Stocks for 2012, saying “What makes these 5 junior oil stocks top picks for 2012?”

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgirm presents Indexed Annuities – Investment Trap for Seniors, saying “If you're nervous about your investments these days, you're not alone. But since you've got to invest your money somewhere, you might be tempted to buy indexed annuities. If you do get the itch to buy one of these "investments", walk away and walk away quickly. Before I tell you why, let me explain the basics of indexed annuities.”

Div Guy at The Dividend Guy Blog presents Why I Prefer Intel over Microsoft, saying “The title explains it all”

Green Panda at Green Panda Treehoue presents Want to Be Rich? Choose Your Friends Wisely, saying “How your friends can impact your finances.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents Scouring The Globe For Dividend Stocks, saying “Looking everywhere for dividend stocks.”

MD at Studenomics presents Is it Time For You to Stop Stressing About Credit Card Debt?, saying “Are you done with credit card debt?”

Lifestyle

Miss T. at Prairie Eco Thrifter presents Weekly Meal Plans, saying “Overall, we are not the healthiest eaters ever, but we have improved 100% from where we were last year. Budgeting food points is very similar to budgeting money, which is why this program works for me.”

Sustainable PF at Sustainable Personal Finance presents Going Green at Home Incrementally, saying “Going green is not a label exclusively earned by those of us that live off the grid, or don't own a car. The simplest of eco-friendly changes can add-up to significant financial savings, if we are prepared to make enough of them.”

SavingMentor at HowToSaveMoney.ca presents US Bank Account Comparison for Canadians, saying “If you have to deal with US currency on a semi-regular basis, then you know how quickly currency conversion costs can eat into your money! However, if you open a US dollar bank account at a Canadian bank you will gain complete control of your money.”

Briana at Personal Dividends presents How to Prepare for a Juice Fast, saying “A juice fast is an interesting diet concept, but certainly not a new one. Your diet is strictly juiced fruits and vegetables, along with water and tea if you so choose.”

Real Estate

MD at Passive Income Now presents Choose Rehab: Why a Run Down Property is Best for Flipping, saying “You know you have a property in mind that just needs a bit of TLC. Why haven't you bought it yet? Get out there and make it into a dream home”

Saving

Mike Holman at Money Smarts Blog presents Long Distance Voice Plan vs Skype With Roaming Data Plan , saying “I recently got burned on roaming data charges on my iPhone because I used Skype for some long distance calls back home. In retrospect I should have signed up for a long distance voice plan.”

Echo at Boomer & Echo presents 11 Steps To Financial Freedom: Chart A Path To Your Goals, saying “Earlier in this series we identified some pretty aggressive savings goals and now we need to develop a strategy to help ensure our long term goals aren't just unreachable dreams.”

Mike at Rewards Cards Canada presents Air Miles Gold Card Is Back, saying “It looks like Air Miles is bringing the gold card back with an emphasis on exclusive new benefits to Air Miles Gold Collectors.”

Other

Craig Ford at Money Help For Christians presents How Financial Loss Can Be a Blessing, saying “Always remember that good news can come from bad news.”

Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents The Wealthy Barber Returns is a great book, saying “More than 20 years later, all of it being in the financial industry, I had the opportunity to read the sequel The Wealthy Barber Returns and I loved the book. “